Managing trade restrictions has always been a manufacturing supply chain challenge, but the difficulty is quickly ratcheting up.

True resilience is achieved when maintenance, procurement and logistics operate as a singular, cohesive organism.

While some of the hype around corporate social responsibility might indeed have quieted, actual efforts toward that end continue.

Companies that invest now in genuine supply chain visibility will be better positioned to meet the regulatory demands of 2026 and the reputational expectations that follow.

While some of the hype around corporate social responsibility might indeed have quieted, actual efforts toward that end continue.

Palm oil’s supply chain is under simultaneous pressure to lower methane, improve water stewardship, enhance smallholder livelihoods and meet tightening buyer and policy expectations. 

For C-suite executives, resource efficiency, circularity and clean technology investment all now rank ahead of greenhouse gas reduction.

Khamenei stressed that Iran has no intention of relinquishing control of the Strait of Hormuz, and that the country plans to implement new legal frameworks for managing the waterway.

Welcome to the dawn of global water bankruptcy.

The economist Paul Krugman, a former New York Times columnist, said he believed most analysts had been “far too sanguine” about the effects of a prolonged Hormuz crisis.